Joshua 21 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Forty-eight Cities of the Levites

(1Ch 6:54–81 )

Jos 21:1And the heads of the fathers of the Levites draw nigh unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

Jos 21:2

Jos 21:2and they speak unto them in Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, 'Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses to give to us cities to dwell in, and their suburbs for our cattle.'

Jos 21:3

Jos 21:3And the sons of Israel give to the Levites, out of their inheritance, at the command of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs:

Jos 21:4

Jos 21:4And the lot goeth out for the families of the Kohathite, and there are for the sons of Aaron the priest (of the Levites), out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, by lot thirteen cities,

Jos 21:5

Jos 21:5and for the sons of Kohath who are left, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities:

Jos 21:6

Jos 21:6And for the sons of Gershon are, out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities.

Jos 21:7

Jos 21:7For the sons of Merari, for their families, are, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Jos 21:8

Jos 21:8And the sons of Israel give to the Levites these cities and their suburbs, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.

Jos 21:9

Jos 21:9And they give out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, these cities which are called by name;

Jos 21:10

Jos 21:10and they are for the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathite, of the sons of Levi, for theirs hath been the first lot;

Jos 21:11

Jos 21:11and they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

Jos 21:12

Jos 21:12and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.

Jos 21:13

Jos 21:13And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,

Jos 21:14

Jos 21:14and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

Jos 21:15

Jos 21:15and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,

Jos 21:16

Jos 21:16and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.

Jos 21:17

Jos 21:17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon and its suburbs, Geba and its suburbs,

Jos 21:18

Jos 21:18Anathoth and its suburbs, and Almon and its suburbs -- four cities;

Jos 21:19

Jos 21:19all the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, are thirteen cities and their suburbs.

Jos 21:20

Jos 21:20And for the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, who are left of the sons of Kohath, even the cities of their lot are of the tribe of Ephraim;

Jos 21:21

Jos 21:21and they give to them the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,

Jos 21:22

Jos 21:22and Kibzaim and its suburbs, and Beth-Horon and its suburbs -- four cities.

Jos 21:23

Jos 21:23And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its suburbs, Gibbethon and its suburbs,

Jos 21:24

Jos 21:24Aijalon and its suburbs, Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs -- four cities.

Jos 21:25

Jos 21:25And out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs -- two cities;

Jos 21:26

Jos 21:26all the cities are ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left.

Jos 21:27

Jos 21:27And for the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Beeshterah and its suburbs -- two cities.

Jos 21:28

Jos 21:28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon and its suburbs, Dabarath and its suburbs,

Jos 21:29

Jos 21:29Jarmuth and its suburbs, En-Gannim and its suburbs -- four cities.

Jos 21:30

Jos 21:30And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its suburbs, Abdon and its suburbs,

Jos 21:31

Jos 21:31Helkath and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs -- four cities.

Jos 21:32

Jos 21:32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammoth-Dor and its suburbs, and Kartan and its suburbs -- three cities;

Jos 21:33

Jos 21:33all the cities of the Gershonite, for their families, are thirteen cities and their suburbs.

Jos 21:34

Jos 21:34And for the families of the sons of Merari, the Levites, who are left, are, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam and its suburbs, Kartah and its suburbs,

Jos 21:35

Jos 21:35Dimnah and its suburbs, Nahalal and its suburbs -- four cities.

Jos 21:36

Jos 21:36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its suburbs, and Jahazah and its suburbs,

Jos 21:37

Jos 21:37Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs -- four cities.

Jos 21:38

Jos 21:38And out of the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

Jos 21:39

Jos 21:39Heshbon and its suburbs, Jazer and its suburbs -- in all four cities.

Jos 21:40

Jos 21:40All the cities for the sons of Merari, for their families, who are left of the families of the Levites -- their lot is twelve cities.

Jos 21:41

Jos 21:41All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel are forty and eight cities, and their suburbs.

Jos 21:42

Jos 21:42These cities are each city and its suburbs round about it; so to all these cities.

Jos 21:43

Jos 21:43And Jehovah giveth to Israel the whole of the land which He hath sworn to give to their fathers, and they possess it, and dwell in it;

Jos 21:44

Jos 21:44and Jehovah giveth rest to them round about, according to all that which He hath sworn to their fathers, and there hath not stood a man in their presence of all their enemies, the whole of their enemies hath Jehovah given into their hand;

Jos 21:45

Jos 21:45there hath not fallen a thing of all the good thing which Jehovah spake unto the house of Israel -- the whole hath come.

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Forty-eight Cities of the Levites

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